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Here are 3 Nursing Homes in Gadsden, AL

All 3 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Gadsden, side by side on the things that separate them: how many nursing hours each resident gets, how much of the staff leaves each year, and what inspectors found on their last visit.

Showing 1 to 3 of 3 homes

B

76/100

Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center

CMS 4/5209 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
3.23 /day
Staff turnover
49%
Serious cites
0

Mcguffey Health & Rehabilitation Center runs 209 certified beds in Gadsden under corporate for-profit ownership, and its inspection record is genuinely clean, seven deficiencies on the books, none at the harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related. The staffing picture is more mixed than the four-star CMS staffing rating suggests: 3.23 total nurse hours per resident day sits about 16 percent under the national average of 3.86, and weekend coverage drops roughly 13 percent below the home's own weekday level. Staff turnover lands at 49.4 percent against a national 45.8 percent. One thing worth asking about directly: the last inspection was May 2021, so the record you're reading is several years old.

B

72/100

Gadsden Health And Rehab Center

CMS 4/5168 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
4.40 /day
Staff turnover
58%
Serious cites
0

Gadsden Health And Rehab Center runs 168 certified beds under individual for-profit ownership, and the raw staffing number looks decent: 4.40 total nurse hours per resident day, roughly 14% above the national average of 3.86. The catch is consistency. Weekend staffing drops about 14% below the home's own weekday level, and annual turnover sits at 57.7% against a national average of 45.8%, meaning the people covering those weekend shifts are often new. On paper the record is clean: six deficiencies, none at harm or jeopardy level, none abuse-related, with a 4/5 inspection rating. But the last inspection was July 2021, so that rating describes a facility from several years ago.

C

60/100

Northside Health Care

CMS 3/5115 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
3.73 /day
Staff turnover
56%
Serious cites
0

Northside Health Care runs 115 certified beds in Gadsden under corporate for-profit ownership, and its nurse staffing sits at 3.73 hours per resident day, slightly under the national average of 3.86. Weekends dip about 15% below the home's own weekday coverage, and annual turnover hits 56% against a national 45.8%. The inspection record shows 12 deficiencies, none at harm or jeopardy level and none abuse-related, but a single fine of $221,520 on file. The last inspection was October 2019, so that snapshot is old. Quality measures score low; staffing scores comparatively well. For families, the questions worth asking are about weekend coverage and how the home has changed since that last look.

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